Today was pleasant and more relaxing as I was winding up my final day in Ghana. I went on a trip to Global Mamas. Global Mamas is this little shop in Accra where single mothers that are skilled but have no work can be able to start a business or work with the organization to sell their items in the Global Mamas shop. Their micro-lending is a bit different from other micro-lending NGOs where they help supply the single women with supplies for their shop. There is a process though that the women have to go through to be a part of Global Mamas. The women have to be skilled workers in some sort of process whether it is beading, seamstress work or other crafts. Global Mamas then sends people out to see their homes or business where they produce the work and if they like it then they want to see samples of the work. If the samples are well made then Global Mamas will do business with them and they supply the materials needed to make the end product. The items were just really nice and I bought a bit to bring back to the states.
Website is: www.globalmamas.org if you are interested in looking at the products that they sell.
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